In today’s special session of the National Council, the vaccination requirement, which is currently suspended anyway, is to be abolished. Rauch and Wöginger invite you to a press conference at 2 p.m.
Turquoise-green wants to completely abolish the corona vaccination requirement today, which is why Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) and ÖVP club chairman August Wöginger invited to the press conference at 2 p.m. Official title: “Current information on the corona vaccination.” According to “Presse” information, the opposition has already been informed about the project.
Today’s special session of the National Council, which was actually requested for the resolution of parts of the anti-inflation package, is being used to quickly pull through the abolition. Put simply, it should work like this: Laws that were “opened” because of the pact can now be changed in terms of compulsory vaccination, according to the factions of the governing parties. According to insiders, Turquoise-Green wants to defuse another, massively polarizing topic in an already heated time.
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The vaccination requirement is currently anchored in law, but suspended by regulation – until August 31st. Then the installed commission should have reassessed the situation.
Expert commission is skeptical
In any case, there is talk of the compulsory vaccination law – which will apply until the end of 2024 – itself being changed or abolished. A decision is expected later today.
The four-person expert commission set up by the government to advise on compulsory vaccinations did not yet know anything about a complete abolition on Thursday morning. “I haven’t heard anything about it,” said vaccination expert Herwig Kollaritsch. From his point of view, however, abolition would not be problematic. It was the task of the commission to assess whether a general obligation to vaccinate is necessary from a medical and constitutional point of view. In its last report at the end of May, the Commission came to the conclusion that this is currently not appropriate. The decision then rests with politicians.
(APA/ed.)
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